So, what's the real story on Python 2 vs Python 3?

[Grant Edwards]

On 2013-12-27, Travis McGee <nobody at nowhere.com> wrote:

> The Python.org site says that the future is Python 3, yet whenever I
> try something new in Python, such as Tkinter which I am learning now,
> everything seems to default to Python 2. By this I mean that,
> whenever I find that I need to install another package, it shows up
> as Python 2 unless I explicitly specify Python 3.

That's a function of whatever you're using to "install another package".

I can tell you how to configure Gentoo Linux so that portage/emerge 
always installs Python packages for Python 3, Python 2, or both.

> What's the deal? If I want to make a distributable software package, 
> should it be 2 or 3?

Both. :)

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